Identification device



H. J. W. MORGENTHALER.

IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1920.

1,371,925. Patented Mar. 15,1921.

' A TTORNEIS HERBERT JACOB WILLIAM MORGENTHAIER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. is, 1921.

Application filed March 15, 1920. Serial No. 366,027.

. which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This mventlon relates to lmprovements 1n identlficatlon devlces, andmore particularly to devices for identifying babies in hospitals and thelike.

A further object is to provide an identification device which can bereadily assembled to indicate the name of the child, and which can bequickly and easily positioned around the neck or arm of the child andsezlliled so as to prevent possibility of mis ta e.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe 7 claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improved identification device in use;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the identification device detached;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the lettered beads; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in transverse section on the line H of- Fig.2.

My improved identification device comprises a series of beads 1containing preferably letters so that the assemblage of these beads on astring or wire 2 will spell the name of the child, the initials of themother, or any other word or combination of letters which willpositively identify the child.

On the string or wire 2 I provide a series of spacing beads 3 and wherethe lettered beads 1 are used to spell out two names or the initials ofa. person, a spacing bead 3 will be located between the names or theinitials.

The ends of the wire 2 are knotted or twisted, as shown at 4, and arefirmly and permanently connected by means of a seal 5 which ispreferably of lead or soft metal so as to render it impossible ofaccidental loss or disconnection.

In maternity hospitals it is sometimes difiicult to identify babies andit is always more or less a source of worry to mothers to be sure thatthey have their own child. Vith my improved identification device, thepossibility of error in identification is rendered absolutelyimpossible. When the child is born, the identification device is placedaround the arm or neck of the child and sealed as above indicated, andremains on the child until the mother takes the baby away with herfromthe hospital and becomes a souvenir or heirloom.

By the provision of the lettered beads 1 any name or initials can bepositioned on the cord or wire 2 and this is, of course, done inreadiness and prepared before the birth of a child so that it is readyfor instant use and the mother can have any name on the identificationdevice that she desires.

It is, of course, to be understood that the beads are all perforated, asindicated at 6, for the reception of the wire or cord 2 and they may bevariously shaped and variously made so as to permit their assemblage andpermanent connection, and the device, when complete, will constitute anecklace, or a bracelet, and absolutely prevent possibilit of a mix-upof the children in the hospita It is, of course, to be understood thatthe letters or characters may be on both sides of the beads so that theywill appear regardless of how the beads are turned.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an identification device for infantscomprising a flexible member, a series of perforated beads on theflexible member, .said beads having characters thereon, spacing beads onthe flexible member maintaining the character beads in proper relationto each other, and a seal confining the ends of the flexible member. I

2. As a new article of manufacture, an identification device, forinfants of the char acter described, comprising a string, spacing beadson the string, letter-containing beads on the string arranged to spell aname, the ends of the string secured together, and'a seal connecting theends of the string.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an identification device forinfants, consisting identification device for infants comprising of acord, a series of spacing beads on the 10 a flexible member, letteredbeads on the flexicord, a series of lettered beads on the cord blemember arranged to spell a name, spacing arranged'together to spell aname, and a seal 5 heads on the flexible member, a seal confiningjoining the ends of the cord, preventing the the ends of said flexible"member forming a removal of the device or the disarrangement necklaceand locking said ends together. of the beads.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an HERBERT JACOB WILLIAMMORGENTHALER.

